Essays and Research Papers on Management & Business

A 5 page paper discussing the value of IT to the organization. Technological advances have alleviated some of these problems in organizations choosing to use the tools available to them, while also increasing worker productivity to allow organizations to operate far more efficiently than in the past. The purpose here is provide a ...

A 3 page paper that looks at how this airline maintains a competitive advantage in an industry where more companies are losing revenue instead of increasing it. The writer comments on expanding into new markets as well as expanding in the core business, technology, and values. Bibliography lists 8 sources.

This 14 page paper looks at how organisation learning can take place and argues that this is impossible unless there is self learning ant an individual level. The paper considers the concept of the learning organisation, as proposed by Senge, and how learning needs to take place. This is then applied to a real life ...

A 3 page paper discussing three of the sources of innovation at Sony. From its introduction of the first tape recorder in 1949 to its unveiling of an improved Orio robot in 2003, Sony has continued to innovate, despite economic conditions or the state of its local markets. Three sources of its innovation ...

A 4 page paper discussing the effects that the 1984 breakup of AT&T had on the evolution of the telecommunications industry in the US. Introduction of market forces and direct competition drove down long distance rates to become far more affordable than had existed prior to divestiture. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper discussing the terms of Borders’ proposed acquisition of its small competitor. There are several approaches that Borders can take in financing its hypothetical acquisition of Books-A-Million. Regardless of the route it chooses, it will need to ensure that the method used does not further erode its delicately-balanced ratio of ...

A 3 page paper comparing Management Information Systems (MIS) and Decision Support Systems (DSS). Though the purpose of each is to lead managers to make better and more effective decisions, there are differences between these two complementary systems. A DSS can make business more effective by disallowing many missteps that would be made ...

A 3 page paper discussing management’s influence on the emergence of leading economies. Managerial enterprise has directly contributed to the success of the world’s leading economies, particularly where ever-increasing size has been a matter of fact. It is a model that can be applied to differing national circumstances, but it also needs to ...

This 5 page paper considers the theoretical differences between formulation and implementation of strategy. The paper looks at the traditional separation, typified by the classical linear approach, and the more modern adaptive models, as seen in emergent strategies and argues that these may be complimentary approaches as well as conflicting approaches. The bibliography cites 9 ...

This 6 page paper looks at the competitive advantages that American Airlines gained from their SABRE system. The paper starts by considering the implementing and advantages such as cost advantage and differentiation though first mover advantage and the different uses of the technology. The system was also one that allowed American Airlines to dominate ...

In February 2004 Comcast made a bid for Disney. The acquisition would have added to the Comcast empire and allow them growth that their current structure could not facilities. This 5 page paper looks at he advantages and motivation for Comcast and how they may create value from acquiring Disney. The paper then considers the ...

A 36 page preliminary investigation exploring the need for and advisability of starting a new consulting business, Amani Consulting, Inc. Consultants abound, and for good reason. There are so very many aspects of management and management theory that affect a single aspect of business that it is impractical to try to incorporate all ...

This 12 page paper considers a company in crisis and how theories of change explain how changes occurred. The company chosen is Marks and Spencer, who lost sight of the market they were selling to, and had to make several changes before they managed to reverse the decline. The bibliography cites 8 sources.

This 10 page paper discuses Kolb's Experiential Learning model and how the different dimensions would help or hinder the success of an entrepreneur. The writer also reports the link between Kolb's model and the intellectual entrepreneur. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 9 page paper considers whether or traditional strategies such as differentiation are obsolete when trading on the internet. The value of a strategy on the world wide web is discussed with revenue to a number of successful and unsuccessful companies. The paper shows how and why strategy is even more important in this ...

A 5 page paper that presents a continuation of PGturpj.rtf where an initial plan was presented for a private company to establish a tutoring program for a neighboring school. This essay includes a work breakdown of 10 primary tasks with the optimistic time, most likely and pessimistic times presented along with the weighted activity time. ...

A 4 page paper discussing this public company’s approach to managing long-term debt: avoid it completely. Walgreen’s is more than 100 years old and currently is a $34 billion company opening an average of a store a day with plans to have 7,000 stores in operation by 2010. It leads its industry ...

A 3 page paper discussing the business of Hire.com and the manner in which it assists organizations with their HR functions. Association with Hire.com enabled Roche Diagnostics, among others, to reduce costs while improving productivity, a goal of virtually every highly aware HR organization operating today. Bibliography lists 2 sources.

A 12 page paper reviewing several empirical studies of customer satisfaction. There appears to be relatively few published empirical studies that specifically address the issue of customer satisfaction. Even fewer use the information gained to suggest changes in organizational behavior, at least at systemic levels where those changes can have the greatest effect. ...

A 3 page paper analyzing the means by which employees reach decisions to leave their employers voluntarily. Lee and Mitchell (1994) appear to have provided a means by which to categorize employee departures. This should result in the development of information that organizations can use to minimize the effects of voluntary employee turnover. ...

A 3 page review of a 1981 article addressing the issue of employee turnover. Rather than inform any specific aspect of employee turnover in the time current to publication, Steers and Mowday (1981) conduct their exercise as a prelude to several suggestions for future research. Most of these suggestions relate to points raised ...

This 7 page paper looks at how a company can enhance its operations by considering what customers value and using this data to maximise resources. The paper considers aspects such as competitive advantage and how it may be obtained, the use of market data and positioning of products or services and measuring customer satisfaction. The ...

A 10 page paper begins with a description of empowerment and reports some of the vast literature on the topic of employee empowerment. One point made is that employees may not have the confidence or esteem to become more autonomous and managers may have to build their self-esteem first. Examples of how some companies have ...

A 9 page paper. The question is the impact of the Internet on consumer electronics stores. To discuss the topic, the essay discusses what was happening in 1994 and 1995 in this retail sector, the challenges, the substitutes and the threats to small electronics stores. The essay then discusses the most recent holiday data regarding ...

A 3 page paper. A strategic audit is a comprehensive analysis. This essay presents three components in that analysis: core competencies, performance and value chain. Bibliography lists 4 sources.